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Composer

George Frideric Handel

1685–1759

5,055 works in the index

Born
1685
Died
1759
Birthplace
Halle (Saale)
Citizenship / historical state
Kingdom of Great Britain
Period (estimated from birth year)
Baroque

Biography

Handel spent most of his career in London writing for the public rather than a court, and it shows in the music: direct, grand and built to work in a large room. The catalogue is dominated by the oratorios, the keyboard suites and a great deal of instrumental music.

Messiah is the most-performed choral work in the language and is sold in a bewildering number of editions, from full scholarly scores to simplified singalong versions — check what you are buying, because they are not interchangeable in a rehearsal. The keyboard suites include the variations known as The Harmonious Blacksmith and are more approachable than Bach's equivalent works.

Much of his instrumental music exists in arrangements for combinations he never wrote for. These are legitimate and often excellent, but the listing does not always make clear which you are getting.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Piano, Choir, Organ, Voice, Flute
Genres represented
Classical, Rock, Christmas, pop, Jazz
Works with composition dates
153 of 5,055

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 32 of 106

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
The G Scale — —— Guitar— 2
The Harmonized C Scale — —— Guitar— 2
Ascending and Descending Slurs — —— Guitar— 2
Tremolo Study #2 — —— Guitar— 2
The D Minor Scale Harmonized — —— Guitar— 1
The B-flat Scale — —— Guitar— 2
The G Minor Scale Harmonized — —— Guitar— 2
The Tonic Minor Scale — —— Guitar— 1
C Minor Etude in the Third Position — —— Guitar— 2
The F Harmonic Minor Scale — —— Guitar— 2
The F Melodic Minor Scale — —— Guitar— 2
Messiah The Christmas Chorus Edition — —— Choir— 2
For Unto Us — —— Choir— 2
Let The Whole Earth Stand In Awe — —— Choir— 3
Put Thy Trust In God, — —— Tenor, Choir, Alto— 2
An infant rais'd from Saul — —— —— 2
Fell rage and black despair from Saul — —— —— 2
How Beautiful Are The Feet Of Them from Messiah — —— —— 2
Make me a clean heart from Chandos Anthem No. 3 — —— —— 2
Oh that I on wings could rise from Theodora — —— —— 2
Praise the Lord from Esther — —— —— 2
The Soft Complaining Flute from Ode on St. Cecelia's Day — —— —— 2
Thou didst blow from Israel In Egypt — —— —— 2
To joy he brightens my despair from Deborah — —— —— 2
Non lo diro col labbro — —— Voice— 1
As Cheers the Sun — —— Piano, Voice— 2
No More Shall Armed Bands — —— Piano, Voice— 1
Together Lovely Innocents — —— Piano, Voice— 2
Dietro l'orme fugaci (Armida abbandonata) HWV 105 — HWV 105— VoiceRock 2
Sing Forth, O Praise the Lord — —— Choir— 2
O Lord, Have Mercy — —— Choir— 2
O Go Your Way Into His Gates — —— Choir— 2
Your Voices Tune — —— —— 2
"Allegro in G minor, from Suite No. 7 in G minor (1720 coll.), HWV 432" — HWV 432G minor Organ— 2
Laudate Nomen Domini — —— Organ— 1
Horn Fanfare — —— —— 3
Suite No. 8 F minor HWV 433 — HWV 433— Piano— 3
Allemande B flat major HWV 434, Nos. 1-3 — HWV 434— Piano— 3
Chaconne G major HWV 435 — HWV 435— Piano— 4
Allemande A minor HWV 478 — HWV 478— Piano— 3
Prelude D minor HWV 563 — HWV 563— Piano— 3
Prelude F major HWV 567 — HWV 567— Piano— 3
Prelude and Allegro A minor HWV 576 — HWV 576— Piano— 3
Fugue C minor HWV 610 — HWV 610— Piano— 3
Suite D minor HWV 437 — HWV 437— Piano— 4
Suite G major HWV 441 — HWV 441— Piano— 4
Suite C major HWV 443 — HWV 443— Piano— 3
Suite D minor HWV 448 — HWV 448— Piano— 3

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. The biography above is our own. Authority record: VIAF 8931159248059304870007. Portrait: Attributed to Balthasar Denner, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.